I already did both(get Masamune from Ozzie and bring it to the Beast Forest), because that's what I think Belthasar told me before telling me to find and stop the Porre Lap. After that I went to 1002 A.D. Medina, where it was mentioned to get the 602 A.D. Toma, where I am stuck.
Hm....I'm not able to repro this.
OK: When you talk to Hutch he should say:
HUTCH: Toma dissapeared! I dont know{line break}
where he went but I'm pretty sure he{line break}
was onto something here. If only I{line break}
think like him!{null}
And then if it happens to be your first time talking to him the party should discuss bringing toma from 602 there.
This also sets the storyline to 94
Now if you talk to Toma:
If storyline >= 95 toma becomes hidden
If storyline == 94 he should say
TOMA: Travel through time? Haha have{line break}
you had more to drink than I have!{null}
(joins party)
If storyline >= 93 he should say
I just got off an expedition of the{line break}
Denandoro Mountains. I've heard{line break}
rumors of a legendary sword being{line break}
found there but all I got was a whelt{page break}
from some jerk throwing rocks at me.{null}
Hm....because toma IS there and is saying that line the storyline MUST = 93...if it was less than 93 he wouldn't be there, if it was 94 he'd join your party and if it was >= 95 he would be hidden. So if you talk to hutch and the storyline is 93 he should say the toma is missing line and advance the plot to 94 triggering the toma event.....the only thing i can think of is somehow the storyline is being sent to 94....then something happens and it gets reverted to 93 again.
Can you try one more time to
a) talk to hutch
b) confirm he is saing the toma is missing line
c) go directly to 602 AD and talk to toma see if he joins you.
If that works can you try to remember if you are did anything between those steps....maybe I am inadvertantly setting storyline by talking to belthasar or something.....or worse there is old original chrono trigger code reverting the storyline variable back.
--JP